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[Broadway, 2005] [Replacement]
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Tony Awards - 2006 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

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THE COLOR PURPLE to Run at the California Theatre Photo
THE COLOR PURPLE to Run at the California Theatre
by Gillian Blum - Dec 21, 2025

Pittsburg Theatre Company kicks off its 2026 season with The Color Purple, running January 30 to February 8 at the California Theatre in Pittsburg, CA. The show then goes on the road to the Martinez Campbell Theatre performing February 13 to 22.
Video: Watch Brittney Mack Perform 'The Color Purple' at the Goodman Theatre Photo
Video: Watch Brittney Mack Perform 'The Color Purple' at the Goodman Theatre
by Michael Major - Jul 16, 2025

Watch Brittney Mack and the cast of The Color Purple perform the reprise of the title song in The Goodman Theatre's production. Check out the video now!
Video: THE COLOR PURPLE at Goodman Theatre, Now Extended Through August 3 Photo
Video: THE COLOR PURPLE at Goodman Theatre, Now Extended Through August 3
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 3, 2025

A new production of THE COLOR PURPLE brings Alice Walker's dynamic work to the Goodman stage, now through August 3! Watch a video montage from the production! 
Review: THE COLOR PURPLE at Goodman Theatre Photo
Review: THE COLOR PURPLE at Goodman Theatre
by Rachel Weinberg - Jul 1, 2025

Though THE COLOR PURPLE has a fair share of tragedy, the ending is heartwarming, celebratory, and puts a pin in Celie’s story — and with Brittney Mack at the lead, this musical makes that range of emotions land. 
THE COLOR PURPLE Extends Through Early August at Goodman Theatre Photo
THE COLOR PURPLE Extends Through Early August at Goodman Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 26, 2025

The Color Purple will present a six-performance extension at Goodman Theatre. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets to the extended run here!
Video: Inside Rehearsals For THE COLOR PURPLE at the Goodman Theatre Photo
Video: Inside Rehearsals For THE COLOR PURPLE at the Goodman Theatre
by Michael Major - Jun 18, 2025

Watch a video from inside the rehearsal room of the Color Purple at the Goodman Theatre now! Brown’s 21-member company is led by prolific Chicago talent—including Brittney Mack as Celie.
THE COLOR PURPLE to Begin This Weekend at Goodman Theatre Photo
THE COLOR PURPLE to Begin This Weekend at Goodman Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 18, 2025

The Color Purple the musical bursts onto the Goodman stage this weekend, directed by Lili-Anne Brown, with music direction by Jermaine Hill and choreography by Breon Arzell. Learn how to purchase tickets.
THE COLOR PURPLE Launches The Carnegie's 2025-26 Season Photo
THE COLOR PURPLE Launches The Carnegie's 2025-26 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 17, 2025

The Carnegie kicks off its 2025-26 musical theatre season with THE COLOR PURPLE, running June 27 – July 6. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and adapted for the stage by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Marsha Norman, with music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray.
THE COLOR PURPLE and More Set for Goodman Theatre Summer 2025 Line-Up Photo
THE COLOR PURPLE and More Set for Goodman Theatre Summer 2025 Line-Up
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 2, 2025

Goodman Theatre has unveiled a wide-ranging July/August slate of experiences with something for everyone—from a free wondrous outdoor circus spectacle to side-splitting world-class comedic improvisation, and more.
THE COLOR PURPLE Comes to Raleigh Little Theatre Photo
THE COLOR PURPLE Comes to Raleigh Little Theatre
by Stephi Wild - May 28, 2025

 Raleigh Little Theatre will present The Color Purple, a musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, running this June. Learn more about the show here!
Brittney Mack, Aeriel Williams and More to Star in THE COLOR PURPLE at Goodman Theatr Photo
Brittney Mack, Aeriel Williams and More to Star in THE COLOR PURPLE at Goodman Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 20, 2025

The Color Purple is set to take the stage of the Goodman’s Albert Theatre this summer. Lili-Anne Brown 21-member company is led by Chicago talent—including Brittney Mack and more. Learn how to purchase tickets.
THE COLOR PURPLE, DRACULA And More Announced for Kansas City Repertory Theatre 2025-2 Photo
THE COLOR PURPLE, DRACULA And More Announced for Kansas City Repertory Theatre 2025-2026 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 19, 2025

Kansas City Repertory Theatre has announced a diverse lineup of shows for its 2025-2026 season. The season begins with a musical adaptation of a beloved American novel, followed by a sultry, spooky classic, and a hilarious, but heartfelt, family comedy.
Johnny Mercer Foundation Celebrates Success of Inaugural Songwriters Project Photo
Johnny Mercer Foundation Celebrates Success of Inaugural Songwriters Project
by Josh Sharpe - Dec 4, 2024

The Johnny Mercer Foundation (JMF) is celebrating the success of moving their annual Songwriters Project to Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. After 17 great years at Northwestern University, JMF relocated the program in 2024 and reinvigorated it in Nashville.
THE COLOR PURPLE Songwriter Brenda Russell Releases New Single Photo
THE COLOR PURPLE Songwriter Brenda Russell Releases New Single
by Josh Sharpe - Nov 25, 2024

With the release of her latest single, the soulful and sensual romance “You Know What It’s Like,” Brenda Russell makes a triumphant return to the refined classic blend of adult contemporary R&B and urban jazz. Listen to the new single from The Color Purple songwriter now.
Review: THE COLOR PURPLE at Tempe Center For The Arts Photo
Review: THE COLOR PURPLE at Tempe Center For The Arts
by Suzanne Whitaker - Oct 29, 2024

Phoenix Arizona’s The Black Theatre Troupe presents THE COLOR PURPLE at Tempe Center for the Arts, which opened to a full house Friday, October 15, 2024. This excellent production runs through November 3, 2024. With matinee shows on Saturdays and Sundays, as well as evening shows on Fridays and Saturdays, this production is worth seeing, twice.
Review: THE COLOR PURPLE at The Black Theatre Troupe Photo
Review: THE COLOR PURPLE at The Black Theatre Troupe
by Herbert Paine - Oct 29, 2024

The Black Theatre Troupe's production of THE COLOR PURPLE is a rousing and emotionally powerful show, thanks to a brilliant cast and the keen direction of Karen Davis Jones and the musical direction of Brenda Hankins.
GROW A SHOW Musical Theatre Workshop Returns To The Lied Center! Photo
GROW A SHOW Musical Theatre Workshop Returns To The Lied Center!
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 8, 2024

The Grow a Show Musical Theatre Workshop returns to the Lied Center, offering emerging artists a platform to develop and showcase new works.
THE COLOR PURPLE & More Set for Black Theatre Troupe 2024-25 Season Photo
THE COLOR PURPLE & More Set for Black Theatre Troupe 2024-25 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 6, 2024

Black Theatre Troupe has revealed its 2024-25 lineup, marking its 55th season! See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.
THE COLOR PURPLE at Sedos Features the First Ever All-Black Cast of An Amateur Musica Photo
THE COLOR PURPLE at Sedos Features the First Ever All-Black Cast of An Amateur Musical in the UK
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 28, 2024

Sedos, London's leading amateur theatre company, has announced their cast of The Color Purple. This is a momentous and significant development in the diversity of amateur dramatics, not just in London but in the UK. In their 119-year history, Sedos has never had an all-Black cast nor an all-Black creative team, until now.
Review: THE COLOR PURPLE Brings All the Feels at Pittsburgh CLO Photo
Review: THE COLOR PURPLE Brings All the Feels at Pittsburgh CLO
by Greg Kerestan - Jun 28, 2024

As a literature major, part of me has always found it unbelievable that tight, two-hour adaptations of Alice Walker's The Color Purple have been so successful. The novel is sprawling, complex and dense, with an epistolary structure not unlike the similarly tricky-to-adapt Dracula. Nonetheless, my structural cynicism is always proved wrong.
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